ok well it downloaded off of internet explorer and now when i double click on the spore app shortcut i made, i get something about could not find the needed package data must be corrupt. and another thing that says could not find the default preferences. i didnt hook directly to my modem cuz it turns out we dont have one

Tried launching the game for the first time in months. I got a black screen and a not responding message in the task manager. Problem? Solution?Apparently, the game just needs twenty minutes to load now.

It sounds like your system should cope with SPORE. I'm running a Radeon 9800 on 712mb of RAM and it works fine - although it does take a little while to boot (Which is normal I hear). Sometimes your computer will refuse to use certain programs because of issues within the computer itself. My computer refused to run any game that used the "Quake 3" engine (Quake 3, Quake 4, Jedi Academy, COD3 etc) and I found a quick Cache Clean and defrag did the trick.

Download a Cache Cleaner (I recommend CCleaner) and a good Defrag program (I recommend Auslogic's Defrag) and run them both. Although it's not guaranteed to fix SPORE - it might. Beside; it's good to have such programs and run them every week or so to keep your computer running in tip-top shape.

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[Don't have a current SPORE account so I am using the account of a Friend whose computer is in the Shop; to see my work look up 'Jacknife3117' for his account or 'sephyrllanir' for my tags]

Tried launching the game for the first time in months. I got a black screen and a not responding message in the task manager. Problem? Solution?Apparently, the game just needs twenty minutes to load now.